Orange County Transportation
Authority bus ridership levels have been drastically reduced since
2008. Although fiscal year 2011-2012 showed some slight growth,
2012-2013 showed a slight decline. Ridership in May 2014 reached
4.168 million for the month, an increase of 48,000 riders since
April 2014 but trailing the previous May’s ridership by 209,000.

Metrolink ridership rates have widely fluctuated since July 2008, but have reached
four-year highs in 2012 overall. Metrolink ridership growth has
shown great performance in 2013, peaking in September 2013 with
an estimated 352,654 rides combined across the three major Metrolink
routes: Orange County Line, Inland Empire – Orange County, and
the 91 Line. The past six months have seen declining ridership
rates, ending March 2014 with 310,442 combined riders – a decline
of over 32,000 since the previous March.

Both Foothill and San Joaquin toll roads have trended upward through 2013, both
with roughly 14 percent increases in usage since the beginning
of the year. May 2014 transactions on both Foothill and San Joaquin
have noticeably increased since the beginning of 2014, though
both roads experienced a slight month-over-month decline, resulting
in over 156,000 average daily transactions for Foothill/Eastern
and over 73,000 for San Joaquin.